Example sentences of "she could not [vb infin] [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | And try as she might she could not detach her eyes from the object on the table that had so totally winded her . |
| 2 | She told herself that if she did not look up she would not need to see it and after a while this not-looking would become habitual , but in the event she could not prevent her eyes from turning up to the campanile . |
| 3 | At first she could not open her eyes . |
| 4 | But she found that she could not tear her eyes away from him . |
| 5 | She could not believe her eyes when she saw the Tillers being marched off in the crocodile line to the English Girls ' Club after rehearsals . |
| 6 | She had stood a moment , a long pause ; at first ( her suitcase , the littered money ) she could not believe her eyes . |
| 7 | He continued to look at her and she could not take her eyes off him . |
| 8 | But she could not take her eyes off him . |
| 9 | She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff . |
| 10 | She faced him calmly , her head high , though she could n't meet his eyes . |
| 11 | She could n't meet his eyes , the expression in them was too intense . |
| 12 | Now , she could n't open her eyes . |
| 13 | In baggy collarless cream shirt and hip-hugging chino trousers he looked so overwhelmingly attractive that she could n't drag her eyes away . |
| 14 | Try as she might , she could n't stop her eyes from straying back in his direction time and time again , and every time they had it was to see that same unfathomable look on his face . |
| 15 | There were deep shadows across the room now and his face was in one of them so she could n't see his eyes clearly . |
| 16 | She found she could n't tear her eyes away , and when he managed to get his second boot off and threw it to one side , then lifted his head , she was still staring . |
| 17 | She could n't take her eyes off it . |
| 18 | She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose . |